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Lexicon :: Strong's G3875 - paraklētos

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παράκλητος
Transliteration
paraklētos (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ak'-lay-tos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
mGNT
5x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:800,782

Strong’s Definitions

παράκλητος paráklētos, par-ak'-lay-tos; an intercessor, consoler:—advocate, comforter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3875 in the following manner: comforter (4x), advocate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3875 in the following manner: comforter (4x), advocate (1x).

  1. summoned, called to one's side, esp. called to one's aid

    1. one who pleads another's cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate

    2. one who pleads another's cause with one, an intercessor

      1. of Christ in his exaltation at God's right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins

    3. in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant

      1. of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παράκλητος paráklētos, par-ak'-lay-tos; an intercessor, consoler:—advocate, comforter.
STRONGS G3875:
παράκλητος, παρακλητου, ὁ (παρακαλέω), properly, summoned, called to one's side, especially called to one's aid; hence,
1. "one who pleads another's cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant; an advocate": Demosthenes, p. 341, 11; (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 50, cf. Dio Cassius, 46, 20.
2. universally, one who pleads another's cause with one, an intercessor: Philo, de mund. opif. § 59; de Josepho § 40; in Flaccum §§ 3 and 4; so of Christ, in his exaltation at God's right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins, 1 John 2:1 (in the same sense, of the divine Logos in Philo, vita Moys. iii. § 14).
3. in the widest sense, a helper, succorer, aider, assistant; so of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of gospel truth, and to give them the divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom: John 14:16, 26; John 15:26; John 16:7, cf. Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11f (Philo de mund. opif. § 6 at the beginning says that God in creating the world had no need of a παράκλητος, an adviser, counsellor, helper. The Targums and Talmud borrow the Greek words פְּרַקְלִיט and פְּרַקְלִיטָא and use them of any intercessor, defender, or advocate; cf. Baxtorf, Lex. Talm., p. 1843 ((edited by Fischer, p. 916)); so Targ. on Job 33:23 for מֵלִיץ מַלְאָך, i. e. an angel that pleads man's cause with God; (cf. πλουσίων παρακλητοι in 'Teaching' etc. 5 [ET] under the end; the Epistle of Barnabas 20, 2 [ET]; Apostolic Constitutions 7, 18)). Cf. Knapp, Scripta varii Argumenti, p. 124ff; Düsterdieck on 1 John 2:1, p. 147ff; (Watkins, Excursus G, in Ellicott's N. T. Commentary for English Readers; Westcott in the Speaker's commentary Additional Note on John 14:16; Schaff in Lange ibid.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
33:23
Matthew
10:19
Mark
13:11
Luke
12:11
John
14:16; 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7
1 John
2:1; 2:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3875 matches the Greek παράκλητος (paraklētos),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:26 - But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:26 - But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:7 - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:1 - My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
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